Background and aims Soil depth is a critical attribute of any soil, and determines rooting,
moisture and nutrient storage, mineral reserve, anchorage, and a range of conditions that …

Digital soil morphometrics is defined as the application of tools and techniques for
measuring and quantifying soil profile attributes and deriving continuous depth functions …

80% of arable land in Africa has low soil fertility and suffers from physical soil problems.
Additionally, significant amounts of nutrients are lost every year due to unsustainable soil …

The soil is defined differently by soil scientists, and its definition has changed over time. This
paper reviews how the definition of the soil has changed since the early 1800s by selecting …

While most legacy soil maps are available at coarse spatial detail with composite mapping
units, high resolution and detailed soil maps are desired for various land resource …

As soil surveys were traditionally conducted in support of agriculture, soil classification
tended to focus on upper soil horizons and their characteristics. However, when dealing with …

Rare earth elements (REEs) are a group of elements (from La to Lu) with high economic
value and serve mainly as essential raw material for various high-technology items. This …

A distinct boundary between unweathered and weathered rock that moves downward as
weathering proceeds—the weathering front—is explicitly or implicitly part of landscape …

Weakening of the rock texture in a saprolite by weathering and further pedoplasmation
results in the formation of a porous network and neoformed clays, which are the initial stages …

Freeze–thaw cycles, as a strong weathering effect, can cause changes in the soil particle
size and content, which can affect changes in the geological environment of the soil. A zone …